Assistant Professor, Quinnipiac University R-MWC,UC Berkeley,Yale,QU -Microbes can teach us about cell biology- All opinions and tweets are my own. She/her
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Have we really become so woke that we’re no longer comfortable with ICE shooting unarmed women and yelling “fuck you bitch” as they die?
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Five different federal grants supported parts of this work to discover bacteriophages that specifically kill antibiotic resistant bacteria. They were all politically terminated three weeks ago.
The latest work from my lab, Phage Disco, a method @EllieRand3 developed for targeted discovery of bacteriophages based on the bacterial receptor, defense system, or other component they interact with, is now live in mSystems
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The NIH 15% cap on indirect costs will kneecap biomedical research in the US.
Without essential infrastructure, there will be:
Staff cuts
Lab closures
Fewer research projects
Less scientific progress
Loss of talent
The US will no longer lead scientific & medical innovation.
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NIH indirect costs fund the backbone of research: maintaining labs, ensuring safety, and supporting admin work. These are essential for groundbreaking discoveries. Drastic cuts to NIH indirect rates are detrimental to academic biomedical research.
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Happy Indigenous Peoples' Day!
Special thanks to Dr. @JudithSimcox for all the work she does to support Indigenous Peoples through inclusive leadership in science!
@SACNAS @ASBMB @UWBiochem @AISES @HHMINEWS
🌎✨On #IndigenousPeoplesDay, #SACNAS acknowledges and honors our Indigenous members and their vibrant communities.🧡 We celebrate the deep-rooted connections to Turtle Island, the ancestral prayers, and the resilience that continues today.🌿
#IndigenousSTEM #IndigenousKnowledge
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It’s incredible how densely packed the cell is with organelles and other structures! Just seeing a talk from JLS which brought up this paper using fib-sem pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/3461…
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TODAY is Deadline for Late Registration for Boston Bacteria Meeting 2024!
Join us June 3 + 4th at BU -- you will make lifelong friends and learn about cool molecular mechanisms! ✏️👭👬🧑🤝🧑😎🔥
Come cry over your system 😭 and laugh 😆over genetic mutant phenotypes🦠😁!
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I give take-home exams so that students can think about experimental design and provide thoughtful answers without the anxiety of a timed test. This means I try to make them resistant to Googling/AI. My students challenged me to write one about Barbie. CHALLENGE ACCEPTED! 1/n
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#YaleCienciaAcademy is proud to announce the launch of a FREE online video course focused on helping scientists develop career planning skills, produced in collaboration with @scicommlab #PhDChat #IDP #AcademicTwitter #CareerDevelopment #DiversityInSTEM courses.ibiology.org/catalog…
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“These are the heroes of WCK. These 7 beautiful souls were killed by the IDF in a strike as they were returning from a full day's mission. Their smiles, laughter, and voices are forever embedded in our memories.” - Erin Gore, CEO. Read more: wck.org/news/honoring-gaza-t…
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Reminder that this year's Early Registration/Abstract Submission deadline is April 3rd! This Wednesday!
Also quench your bacterial genetics thirst! and try this delicious new offering at a media kitchen near you. bostonbacterial.org/registra…
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The Kasimatis Lab is hiring a technician! We study the evolutionary genomics of sexual conflict using Caenorhabditis nematodes. Please see the job ad below and reach out with questions! @uvabio @DiversifyEEB @BLACKandSTEM @LatinxinSTEM
careers.uvahealth.org/us/en/…
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I mean that might get them to be blue! But on LB/TSA if its pseudomonas you should see the green/black and smell grapes.
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LAST CALL FOR ABSTRACTS! Abstract submission for #PVMS2024 will close tonight at 11:59pm. Submit your abstract here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F…
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We are now entertaining applicants for this unique research/teaching postdoctoral program. Flyer including application information is on attached tweet 1/2
WE ARE HIRING! Currently recruiting for our next cycle beginning 9/1/24 for postdoctoral scholar training positions! Applications due 2/1/24! gsbs.tufts.edu/academics/tuf… #sciencejobs #postdoc #science #research #career #hiring #jobs @TuftsUniversity @TuftsGSBS @TuftsMedSchool
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Thrilled to share our latest preprint! Most of the Rickettsia secretome is a mystery, and 1st author Allen Sanderlin pioneered the use of BONCAT in this obligate intracellular pathogen to solve this problem, uncovering many new effectors largely unique to this pathogen.
Cell-selective proteomics reveal novel effectors secreted by an obligate intracellular bacterial pathogen biorxiv.org/cgi/content/shor… #bioRxiv
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🔬 Celebrating #BlackInMicroWeek by remembering Dr. Julian H. Lewis, the first African American Ph.D. from @UChicago in 1915. A pioneer in microbiology & immunology, he also authored a groundbreaking book debunking racial myths. Honoring his legacy today! 📚✨
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The #Rickettsia genus contains pathogenic tick-borne bacteria, but it's difficult to study live Rickettsia within a host.
New work led by @W_Melz (@goleylab) presents a set of quantitative methods to characterize the growth/division of R. parkeri.
molbiolcell.org/doi/10.1091/…
